N-;A T Ü R A L H I S T O R Y of N O R W A Y.
the;Datiilh is in Norway, and bothareregarded
with the fenae affection and 'fsiwgfct -hf all our monarch^! partto
cularly thofe who have reigned firrce the fovereigntyhas been free,
and had art opportunity to «Üfcover their impartiality, and natural
dilpofttiort, whatever the envious Conringius ear others might haver
infinuated to the contrary^$ Tina is. demqnftrated in a treatife by
the worthy Elr. C. L. Scheid* which may be_ leen in the TrapC.
anions of the Royal Academy ofSciepcesat Copenhagen, Torn, II.
4niqcmëQt Chrift, laid. Seheidii Dill
de Perv£tufta. el lllibfta Norvegise , libertate, qua jcum ^nte,» tjim
poff unionem Calmè^iënièm, gavife eft, cui accedit demonftratio
quod regnum hoc neutiquam Daniae^ provincise inftar, fubjeéhim
et confociatum fit. Ëx principiis jmis publiei univerlalis.
- C^no^rmng the obligations of both napfes ( t q , WQtf^Ty lqyp
and unity, Chriftian Reitzer, in his dedication of Thprm. Tör-
faeus’s hiftory of Norway, to king Frid. IV. writes thus .In hoc
mutuo noftto ainpre, in hac, qu'a fper tot focula cotoefimus, admi-
raiida plane concordia, nil poteris illis . confcrre, JÊ) Ê non ;et no.s ol>
liges. Illi noftri funt fratres, iHi focii feedexe seterno Daniae jun6H.
Illis iidem,- qui nobis, font mores ; eadem lingua, eadeöl religto.
Eodem gpbriamtir regê. Prafïitum nobisquicquid preftitifti
illis,” &c.
n.e EngKfli. “ When _M^ ^lnPK?yflè, toWSrdk'lt^èml <öf dièlïeyenth
century, founded the cïfrrdF ËëfgéiiT ^^iMnyflhteiït
upon extending the trade*and ctoihmerbe of-Noi^ay, ’'Mfe”granted
thé EngKffe very gp^t pii^ifeges, and gève-lhëm-^' honvehient
plaéi to büM' Upon,” *
fPhéfe privileges their defendants^ er^óyèdneaf Htin'
theiyéar 1312, 'when thef feB’
whïóh they1 were ri^sfériëd' t^fdhP^èhhhn^whè tfèhïè intheif
rooft, * ahd' carried eh^ëéBnderafeleifradë Yherë£ Hbwëver, 'foStè'
óf the Ënglith1 remained iti fevetdl of the fèa-portsi and-there, as
it is reported by a continued tradition, built the firft chtirdhes,
attKhw^è thê-apéföès iftftih&orSof'the Ndnvegifhs-^the
The Scotch. Chriftianfaitk. The lame may be faid of their neighbours the Sdots,
who haye ‘vifited thefe parts rather oftner than the Englilh, being
fituated nearer to the Norwegian-coaft. A great, number of-them
have fettled herq,^ éfpepially 4n Hordeend» which • is now .called
North and South^Hocdlehn. Thofe péa&nts aböüt-Bërgen,' riff-'
3 ” 1 'tingulmed
\
K ^ x o r a .e; H i t T ^ R r i f e f : N Q R w 4 r,
ffofpifteftobyu pairtieufeh by; way ,©f dlftlnftipp called
^ifefetóers j' ate: thought to mMof Scotch exfiraTioh# and a great
m^y Spotcb ;and-Enghfb famUfes efaptoyfd in the mercantile way*
are fettled ,he?e at Bergen. Théfe -are{ ftill diftinguifhed by their
hames j. and a-diftriët in RyéfKdrfeens-Sögnf ealfed:SbóttevByen, or
Sèotch^townyïiscaiforther proof öfitbis» There areilakowifeinFo^n^
now; eilldd €laaftianfend* .which ? has the privileges of a trading?
city, a great many Englifh and Seotch fartiilies fettled, who cany
on a great -trade. 1 ohferved -above, that the Germans, about thé
beginning of the fpnrtednths centniy'* fticeeeded the Englilh in
their tfade,. ptivjltgesj, and(édfint^fs^!Thêfe;thpyifei^yèd as tong
as the. Hanfé-tceaty was in force, arid Bergen was one ;o£ the
principal town^iof thh affoeiatt&m Thefe Germans paiquedthem?
fetoesjupon rhe -privileges that were granted them, and behaved
teith a great deal df infidenoé,. makinga badrnfe erfmem ty en*
croaching, upon the inhabitaxits, particularly by joining with the
mechanics, of their country. By this means they .became very nu?
merous, and eonftituted. a formidable body of fcveral thousands,
tilltkingFrid. IE deputed hhv Chriftopher Walfeejidorf to efiaftife
them, whd antnediately damped their c^itóge, andf fet -them
their proper, bounds.
- At.^ ^prelki: rime the Gegnanfe: have but littie ihare of the
trade of -the cöu®ry, arid are but feW to ptoportiofl to their pre*
deceflbrs ; for tho the Nordtotó-éömpany‘havé as ^eai: trade as
ever, yet-out of fifty-height houfes which Were formerly inhabited
by German families, who belöngèd - to- that company, there are
now hut four‘4è -thèlr pol5flBM%} all die reft are • bought -up
by the'natiVÊs,üwhe^*;-partly in)ijfae
and partly at - their own houfes, carry -cm the ri&de^C which-
merly enriched g. gi??at ma.ey foreigners.
It fhewed a great want of judgment and policy in thofe times,
to permit foreigners thus to ehgfofs th<? whole' trade of-the coun?
try *. Even at prefent there are in this city betwixt;foqt arid.-five
r hunf
* I have obftrVed.' that üijtó- *s .well as:foreign, .wthprs’/ liave concaved
a ye^{ wrbna^d^- ö|v
othprs, By repreiefiting it. .in & h r . jjffifw v.
triitBi*ii,,cjuife. .the reVerfe, in rpgyj-d to |fe,tr4de’of t|iet9rppany ; Their houfei,
ftock, fervants, .and tLe h.urpber bf traders, are .the ibnae ^s hpretoibre. As for the
fifherie?, ,God b,e praiiedj^tney t4re .japib, feui^irig,,tlian evef. That at Sarfdnjoerfke
is as large again as it was formerly:- DUtit may Dêfèïa vefy juffly,?'that.its'ijepenf
dince-ppon the German Imperial cities, fbch as Bremen, Hamburg,; Lubeefc, Bbftoc,